Type Sports Federation | Region served Americas | |
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Formation 23 May 1977; 39 years ago (1977-05-23) Headquarters Buenos Aires, Argentina Membership 34 National Federations Official language English, Portuguese and Spanish | ||
The Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF) is the continental governing body for handball, beach handball and wheelchair handball in Americas, that includes Northern America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. PATHF's primary functions are to organize competitions for national teams and clubs, and to conduct Men's World Handball Championship and Women's World Handball Championship qualifying tournaments.
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History
PATHF was founded on 23 May 1977, which made it one of the five continental confederations affiliated with International Handball Federation. Argentina, Chile, Canada, Mexico and the United States of America were founding members. The first executive committee was composed of President Dr. Peter Buehning (USA), Vice-President Mr. Juan Mainzhausen (Argentina), Secretary General Mr. Walter Schwedhelm (Mexico), and Treasurer Mr. Francis Geulen (Canada). Current PATHF President is Mr. Mario Moccia from Argentina.
PATHF Executive Committee
Following is the PATHF Executive Committee.